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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Moldova	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	138	4,244	152
Dec 31, 2000	141	4,199	153
Dec 31, 2001	144	4,154	154
Dec 31, 2002	147	4,108	155
Dec 31, 2003	151	4,059	156
Dec 31, 2004	154	4,013	157
Dec 31, 2005	158	3,966	157
Dec 31, 2006	161	3,919	158
Dec 31, 2007	165	3,873	159
Dec 31, 2008	168	3,829	160
Dec 31, 2009	172	3,788	160
Dec 31, 2010	176	3,748	161
Dec 31, 2011	180	3,709	162
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,671	162
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,633	163
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,595	163
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,558	164
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,522	164
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,485	165
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,448	166
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,412	166
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,376	167
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,339	167
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,570	167

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe, Moldova, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.